My thoughts on the Phillies season.

Kyle Kendrick and the bullpen combine for a five-hit shut out as the Phils beat the fish, 1-0.

A combine five-hit shutout by Kyle Kendrick and the bullpen allow the Phils to take the series from the fish as they defeat the Marlins, 1-0.

The Phils took a 1-0 lead in the first as Jimmy Rollins hits the second pitch of the game into the right field seats, his fourteenth home run of the season. That would be more than enough as Kyle Kendrick would throw seven shutout innings, giving up five scattered hits, while he struck out six, soon followed by Josh Lindblom, who pitched a 1-2-3 eighth, before handing the ball over to closer Jonathan Papelbon who would collect his twenty-sixth save of the season by throwing a scoreless ninth.

Kyle Kendrick (5-9, 4.53) got the win as he threw seven shutout innings, giving up five hits, while striking out six. Josh Lindblom collected his eighteenth hold of the year as he threw a 1-2-3 inning, striking out a batter. Jonathan Papelbon received his twenty-sixth save of the year as he threw a scoreless ninth, giving up a walk, while striking out a batter. Josh Johnson (7-9, 3.73) took the lost as he threw eight innings, giving up a run on three hits and a walk, while striking out seven. Mike Dunn pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a hit, while striking out a batter. Steve Cishek pitched a third of an inning, striking out a batter.

The Phils had four hits in the game, a home run by Jimmy Rollins, knocking in the game’s only RBI, a single by Chase Utley, a single by Dom Brown and a double by Brian Schneider. The Phils also had a walk in the game.

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